The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
12:52 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 38m / -14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.17° / 4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.12° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.